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Mexican Foreign Languages Policy, 4 Overview of the Current National…
Mexican Foreign Languages Policy
Language Politics and Policies
A language policy is a body of ideas, laws, regulations, rules and practices intended to achieve
the planned language change in the society, group or system
Frameworks for the Study LP
Just as there is no consensus on the concept of language policy, there is no one generally accepted theory of language policy.
Current state of Mexican Foreign Languages Policy
There is a solid body of
research and opinion papers about Mexican FLP
The Outer or Macro Level
Middle or Meso Level It is at this level or layer where, as Roux (2012) puts forth,
we contend that the most important decisions regarding FLT or ELT are made.
The Inner or Micro Level An analysis of relevant literature and studies about the
situation of EFL in Mexico and of communications posted in blogs and sites for
EFL Mexican teachers of public primary schools (such as the Facebook group called MAESTROS DE INGLES EN MEXICO
Features and Characteristics of Mexican Foreign Languages Policy
Symbolic at the Macro and Micro Level
One of the authors argued, years later, that
“…while macro-level policies remain symbolic, at the meso and micro levels policy
is becoming more substantive in nature” (Moore, 2012, pp. 16–17)
Governmental Policy or Party Politics Rather than a State Policy
The NEPBE was born, according to Hernandez-Alarcón
(2015, p. 101)
Insufficiency or Limited Alignment with other Official Documents
NEPBE
The first
national English Program (the NEPBE) took into account the regulatory principles
established by the third article of the Constitution, the National Development
Plan (PND) 2007–2012, the Education Program (PROSEDU) 2007–2012, and the
Reforma Integral de la Educación Básica (RIEB) 2007–2012 [Core Reform of Basic
Education], and it was framed within the 2009 Curriculum for Basic Education:
Primary Level (Ramírez-Romero & Sayer, 2016; Ramírez-Romero, 2015, p. 45).
Unclearly, Improperly, and/or Untimely Communicated to Teachers
EFL public primary school teachers is their uncertainty regarding the national program, because almost since its creation the Ministry
of Education (SEP)
PNIEB
was incorporated into the Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Calidad de la Educación
Básica (PFCEB)
Orientated to satisfy neoliberal policies rather than students’ needs
“the program should also be understood as part of the alignment of the educational curriculum to neoliberal policies and comes at the expense of other aspects of schooling
Insufficiency or Limited Alignment with other Official Documents
Plan (PND) 2007–2012, the Education Program (PROSEDU) 2007–2012, and the
Reforma Integral de la Educación Básica (RIEB) 2007–2012 [Core Reform of Basic Education
Unclearly, Improperly, and/or Untimely Communicated to Teachers
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Orientated to satisfy neoliberal policies rather than students’ needs
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Some Closing Remarks Regarding Mexican Foreign Languages Policy
A Greater Displacement of Indigenous Languages and Risk of Losing Them
Worsening of Coverage Ratios
Hindering Students’ Learning Progress
4 Overview of the Current National English Program
Curriculum Plan
Program structure
was incorporated into the Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Calidad de la Educación
Básica (PFCEB